jshora
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2010
Okay, so I know it's a bit early to be filling out a trip report. But if I don't start it now, I'll forget things!!! I'll have pictures up later to go with the stories.
Friday, Sept 30th: Day 1/2 - After work, we hopped on a plane from MSP to MCO. Everything went pretty smoothly. I carried my wedding dress on to the plane with me. My arms were crying by the time we reached our gate. Having never carried my dress for a long period of time, I didn't realize how heavy it is! When we boarded the plane the attendants were wonderful! My dress couldn't fit in their closet and they didnt want to roll it up and put it in an overhead. So, my dress had the honor of hanging in the cockpit with the pilot. It was pretty cool. The flight was uneventful. We got into MCO 30 min early at 11pm. Exhausted, we picked up our luggage and headed to the Airport Hyatt (the hotel located right inside MCO). We grabbed a bite to eat and then passed out.
Saturday, Oct 1st: Day 1 - We woke up that morning, got our stuff together and then headed to the Magical Express. We kinda lied about our flight coming and said it was this morning, not last night. We just didn't want to get to deal with the bus and everything last night at 11pm. Sleep is what we needed so we told them we were on a flight that got in at 7:20am. It was fun as we were the only ones on the bus. We were dropped off in front of the Polynesian and I started whispering a whine to DF that we didn't get lei'd. I was actually upset about this, but continued to follow the nice lady to our room. We checked in with our concierge, Maria, who was wonderful. Of course our room wasn't ready, we didn't expect it to be as we were really early. After much pleading with me and reassurance, she was able to loosen my grip on my dress and convince me to put it into storage. She invited us to check out the breakfast on the second level of the Hawaii building, the concierge lobby. Of course we had to take advantage of free breakfast. It was okay. They had bagels, pastries, cold cereal, and oatmeal. After that we were off to catch a cab to Packet Pick-up for the Wine and Dine Half Marathon. That went very smoothly and we were all set for our relay race. Deciding not to take a cab, we caught a bus from the World Wide of Sports to the Beach Club. From there we walked to guest relations at the International Gateway at EPCOT to get our Annual Passes. Then we wandered through EPCOT to get to the monorail. On our way through EPCOT we walked through Canada to check out the location for our EPCOT photo session on Thursday. I was just about ready to spit nails when I saw a huge, ugly construction tarp around the Canadian Pavilion. It was under construction!!!! This now made two places under construction!!!! I was pissed but decided Japan was our most favored location and we could easily do another spot. So I calmed down as we headed back to the Polynesian, where our room was still not ready. So, we headed to the Wedding Pavilion to check out the construction. There wasn't any noise!! Yay!! I have to admit that the walls aren't completely ugly, but they do come right up to the Pavilion. They just make me sick. I can't help it. Knowing, however, that I would be sick if I changed locations we just decided to stick with the plan of having the ceremony at the Wedding Pavilion. After that we headed back to the Polynesian, stopped by to grab some snacks, and then room was finally ready! We were placed in the Honeymoon room in the Tonga building. It was gorgeous!!!! We grabbed a quick bite to each from Captain Cooks, unpacked our things, and headed to the Magic Kingdom. It was the fortieth Anniversary of Disney World and I wanted to see the statue of Walt and Mickey. So, that's what we did. Right around 5pm we headed up to the Sushi Bar at the Kona Kafe for a light dinner. That was lovely and then we headed back to our room to get ready for our race. Everything for the race went great! We completed the relay in around 2.5 hours, finishing in EPCOT right around 12:45am. Taking advantage of the smaller crowds, we hit up Soarin' and grabbed a bit to eat before heading back to the room. At that point in time it hit us that we were cold, tired, and a bit sore. All we wanted was a hot shower. It's now about 2am and we turn on the shower only to find no hot water. After going back and forth with the front desk, we called it a night around 2:30am (still with no hot water).
Friday, Sept 30th: Day 1/2 - After work, we hopped on a plane from MSP to MCO. Everything went pretty smoothly. I carried my wedding dress on to the plane with me. My arms were crying by the time we reached our gate. Having never carried my dress for a long period of time, I didn't realize how heavy it is! When we boarded the plane the attendants were wonderful! My dress couldn't fit in their closet and they didnt want to roll it up and put it in an overhead. So, my dress had the honor of hanging in the cockpit with the pilot. It was pretty cool. The flight was uneventful. We got into MCO 30 min early at 11pm. Exhausted, we picked up our luggage and headed to the Airport Hyatt (the hotel located right inside MCO). We grabbed a bite to eat and then passed out.
Saturday, Oct 1st: Day 1 - We woke up that morning, got our stuff together and then headed to the Magical Express. We kinda lied about our flight coming and said it was this morning, not last night. We just didn't want to get to deal with the bus and everything last night at 11pm. Sleep is what we needed so we told them we were on a flight that got in at 7:20am. It was fun as we were the only ones on the bus. We were dropped off in front of the Polynesian and I started whispering a whine to DF that we didn't get lei'd. I was actually upset about this, but continued to follow the nice lady to our room. We checked in with our concierge, Maria, who was wonderful. Of course our room wasn't ready, we didn't expect it to be as we were really early. After much pleading with me and reassurance, she was able to loosen my grip on my dress and convince me to put it into storage. She invited us to check out the breakfast on the second level of the Hawaii building, the concierge lobby. Of course we had to take advantage of free breakfast. It was okay. They had bagels, pastries, cold cereal, and oatmeal. After that we were off to catch a cab to Packet Pick-up for the Wine and Dine Half Marathon. That went very smoothly and we were all set for our relay race. Deciding not to take a cab, we caught a bus from the World Wide of Sports to the Beach Club. From there we walked to guest relations at the International Gateway at EPCOT to get our Annual Passes. Then we wandered through EPCOT to get to the monorail. On our way through EPCOT we walked through Canada to check out the location for our EPCOT photo session on Thursday. I was just about ready to spit nails when I saw a huge, ugly construction tarp around the Canadian Pavilion. It was under construction!!!! This now made two places under construction!!!! I was pissed but decided Japan was our most favored location and we could easily do another spot. So I calmed down as we headed back to the Polynesian, where our room was still not ready. So, we headed to the Wedding Pavilion to check out the construction. There wasn't any noise!! Yay!! I have to admit that the walls aren't completely ugly, but they do come right up to the Pavilion. They just make me sick. I can't help it. Knowing, however, that I would be sick if I changed locations we just decided to stick with the plan of having the ceremony at the Wedding Pavilion. After that we headed back to the Polynesian, stopped by to grab some snacks, and then room was finally ready! We were placed in the Honeymoon room in the Tonga building. It was gorgeous!!!! We grabbed a quick bite to each from Captain Cooks, unpacked our things, and headed to the Magic Kingdom. It was the fortieth Anniversary of Disney World and I wanted to see the statue of Walt and Mickey. So, that's what we did. Right around 5pm we headed up to the Sushi Bar at the Kona Kafe for a light dinner. That was lovely and then we headed back to our room to get ready for our race. Everything for the race went great! We completed the relay in around 2.5 hours, finishing in EPCOT right around 12:45am. Taking advantage of the smaller crowds, we hit up Soarin' and grabbed a bit to eat before heading back to the room. At that point in time it hit us that we were cold, tired, and a bit sore. All we wanted was a hot shower. It's now about 2am and we turn on the shower only to find no hot water. After going back and forth with the front desk, we called it a night around 2:30am (still with no hot water).